Cue-straightener.



J. M. CRANE.

CUE STRAIGHTENER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2|. 191a.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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JOHN M. CRANE, or NEOLA, IOWA.

GUE-STRAIG-HTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 21, 1916. Serial No. 121,496.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. CRANE, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Neola, in the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cue-Straighteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clamps for bil-' liard cues and the like, an object of the invention being to provide novel means whereby a series of clamps are provided for holding a billiard cue in position to straighten the same or to hold it so that it will not warp.

A further object of this invention is to provide members, each of which is independently adjustable so that a greater or less pressure or pull may be exerted on the bil-' liard cue at diiferent positions.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more ,fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, ref erence will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of a member with the cue engaging members shown at right angles to the position they occupy when a billiard cue is to be inserted;

Fig. 2 illustrates a top plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 illustratesasectional view through the member where one of the adjustable cue engaging members extends;

Fig. 4. illustrates a sectional View similar to Fig. 3, except that the cue engaging memher is turned at right angles to that in which it is shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 illustrates a View in elevation of one of the cue engaging members.

In these drawings 6 denotes a bar having a series of bosses 7, each of which has a transversely disposed slot 8, the side walls of which taper from the inner end of the recess to the outer end thereof thus forming what may be termed a substantially conical opening for the reception of a hub 9 of a nut 10, which nut is threaded on the shank 11 of the member 12. A plurality of one engaging members and parts associated therewith are assembled on the bar and one engaging members are shown in the form of rings and may be drawn toward or moved away from the bar according to the bend which is to be corrected in the cue.

The bar has at each end a guide ring 13 1 The operation of the device will, it is thought, be apparent from an inspection of the drawing and from the foregoing description, since it is obvious that any one of the clamps may be moved to or from the guard and by observing the efi'ect that it has on the cue, the degree of movement and the effect of movement may be determined. The bar has apertures 15 therethrough for the reception of the shanks 11.

I claim-- In a cue straightening device, a bar having a series of apertures, said bar having transversely disposed slots with tapered walls, threaded shanks extending through the apertures into the slots, members rotatable in the slots andheld in position by the walls of the said slots for engaging the threaded shanks, and cue engaging members on the threaded shanks.

' JOHN M. CRANE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.- 

